Membership structure and affiliations

Its federal structure means that some sections of the union operate under separate branding. Three parts of the union have distinctive institutional features. Senior staff at HM Revenue and Customs join the Association of Revenue and Customs (ARC) which is also a certified trade union as well as a section of FDA. Managers in the NHS join Managers in Partnership (MiP), a joint venture with Unison (http://www.unison.org.uk/) of which MiP members are also members.
Members in mddle management (Higher Executive Officer and Senior Executive Officers) join Keystone (wearekeystone.org.uk).

Harassment

Harassment (/həˈræsmənt/ or /ˈhærəsmənt/) covers a wide range of behaviours of an offensive nature. It is commonly understood as behaviour which disturbs or upsets, and it is characteristically repetitive. In the legal sense, it is behaviour which appears to be threatening or disturbing. Sexual harassment refers to persistent and unwanted sexual advances, typically in the workplace, where the consequences of refusing are potentially very disadvantageous to the victim.

Etymology

The word is based in English since circa 1618 as loan word from the French harassement, which was in turn already attested in 1572 meaning torment, annoyance, bother, trouble and later as of 1609 was also referred to the condition of being exhausted, overtired. Of the French verb harasser itself there are the first records in a Latin to French translation of 1527 of Thucydides’ History of the war that was between the Peloponnesians and the Athenians both in the countries of the Greeks and the Romans and the neighbouring places where the translator writes harasser allegedly meaning harceler (to exhaust the enemy by repeated raids); and in the military chant Chanson du franc archer of 1562, where the term is referred to a gaunt jument (de poil fauveau, tant maigre et harassée: of fawn horsehair, so meagre and …) where it is supposed that the verb is used meaning overtired.

Because of the rise recently in awareness of the issues involved in harassment, recent trends have shown significant rises in the number of people making claims of harassment at Employment Tribunals. If the complaint is serious, high damages may be awarded against the Employer, so it is important for the Employer to take seriously any allegation of harassment at an early stage and take steps to quickly resolve it.

There is also legislation in place to be able to deal with discrimination, and this legislation is distinct to that provided under the Sex Discrimination Act 1975 and the Race Relations Acts.

So why the unannounced visit by FDA inspectors? ... He doesn’t make tobacco, mind you, which (alas) Congress empowered the FDA to control ... The FDA has assumed the power to deem non-A to be A ... So the FDAharasses — even if it’s with a smile — small-scale artisans who scratch out livings working by hand with wood and other harmless materials....

He doesn’t make tobacco, mind you, which (alas) Congress empowered the FDA to control ...Forgive the bureaucratese I’m about to shovel your way, but an FDA document states. ... So the FDAharasses — even if it’s with a smile — small-scale artisans who scratch out livings working by hand with wood and other harmless materials....

He said the FDA believed the Scottish government should reinvestigate the harassment claims once a separate PoliceScotland criminal inquiry into the alleged assaults was completed ... He said he had told her about his attempts to offer mediation or arbitration to get the two sex harassment cases settled....

A woman officer of Goa’s Food and Drug Administration (FDA) department has alleged harassment by the state government after her tests confirmed the presence of formalin, a toxic chemical, in fish imported to the state ... The FDA had earlier confirmed the presence of the organic compound in fish imported from other states....

Now the FDA, which represents senior civil servants, the Public and Commercial Services Union, and Prospect, are holding joint talks with civil service leaders demanding a properly structured, transparent and independent complaints system ... Amy Leversidge, assistant general secretary of the FDA, said....

The FDA, the trade union for senior civil servants, has been very vocal about the issues of bullying, harassment and sexual harassment in the House of Commons, and has long called for a fully independent system for complaints ... Amy Leversidge is the assistant general secretary of the FDA union....

Hundreds of civil servants working in Whitehall have made complaints about suffering sexual harassment or bullying at the hands of colleagues – but only a fraction of staff have faced disciplinary action ... Amy Leversidge, the general secretary of FDA, which represents senior civil servants, said bullying and harassment also affected her members....

House of Commons staff will have “little other choice” than to go on strike unless tough action is taken to address the culture of bullying and sexual harassment, union leaders have warned ... Bullying and harassment have no place in the House of Commons....

Goa ForwardParty chief spokesperson Trajano D'Mello Monday said party chief Vijai Sardesai's "silence" on "harassment" of a woman FDA officer who had certified the presence of formalin in the fish imported from other states is indicative of "abetment"....

The party denied any harassment of the FDA officer, who has now complained to the Goa HumanRight's Commission about harassment by her superiors. "Goa Forward party is in no way connected with the FDA department and the officer and the supposed harassment that he mentions," Prabhudesai said....

The Food and DrugsAdministration (FDA) on Saturday found presence of suspected calcium carbide powder in the possession of a mango vendor at Canacona ... After police informed the FDA, a team rushed to the spot and ... FDA will continue doing its job without harassing people,” he said....